August 2009
Beginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
When the Mail program runs, it displays the number of new messages as a white number in a red circle in the upper-right corner of the Mail icon on the Dock, as shown in Figure 44-2. (If you don't leave the Mail program running, it can't retrieve your messages automatically.)

Figure 44-2. When Mail is running, it shows you the number of new messages above the Mail icon.
To read your messages, do the following:
Click the Mail icon on the Dock. The Mail window appears.
Click the Inbox folder under the Mailboxes category in the left pane of the Mail window. The right pane displays all your messages, where new messages appear with a ...